[Rummyfan]

[ConservativeStatement]

Baseball of the 1970s was fantastic. What a fun time to be a kid. The 80s -- in general -- was gold. I have this album in my collection from when it first came out:

[gathersnomoss]

The upper deck in right field, with Wild Bill Hagey. Carried in our own beer. Fun times.

[Dan in Wichita]

Thus, the minimum number of post-season games was ten.

By my calculation, the minimum number of post-season games back then was seven. Assuming series sweeps, there would be three games in the league championship and four in the World Series. Am I missing something?

I winced when I saw the pic you posted of Brooks Robinson. He had just robbed my boyhood hero, Johnny Bench, of a base hit.

[OrioleFan]

Thanks for posting this. It brought back a lot of great memories. You know, Brooks taught himself to field slow rollers on the wrong foot so he could come up and throw in one continuous motion. I have a glove that Brooks autographed the day he retired. He’s my favorite all-time player.

One day in Texas the O’s were playing, and, after the game, as we were leaving, an elevator opened and Brooks, stepped out. I had my gamer (I was a softball player) with me and asked him to autograph it for me. He was real patient as the pen was having trouble putting out the ink. He said, “You know, you have too much oil on this glove, son.” I was 39 years old.

[xp38]

We’re talkin’ baseball!
Kluszewski, Campanella.
Talkin’ baseball!
The Man and Bobby Feller.
The Scooter, the Barber, and the Newc,
They knew ‘em all from Boston to Dubuque.
Especially Willie, Mickey, and the Duke.

[OttawaFreeper]

I remember watching the 1979 World Series between Pittsburgh (Papa Willie Stargell) and Baltimore and that was a good one to watch, IIRC.

One real shame with that decade in baseball was when places like Forbes Field, Crosley Field, and Connie Mack Stadium were retired. I recall reading someone’s comment on a Facebook page devoted to lost ballparks and they said that when the Phillies moved to Veterans in about 1971 (over from Connie Mack), they immediately missed watching a ballgame the way you could at the old ballpark. Veterans was that way bit back from the field and had bad sightlines compared to Connie Mack/Shibe according to this person.

[VeniVidiVici]

My dad took me to Game 7 of the 1971 World Series between BAL and PIT.

As an Oriole fan, it sucked :)

Back then sports meant something. I was a diehard Orioles and Colts fan. Then the Colts moved to Indy and I moved away.

Not really a fan anymore. Of any sport. They’ve started to think the game is about them and I really DON’T care about them.